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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-341-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-341-2022
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14 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 14 Feb 2022

Impact of urbanization on the thermal environment of the Chengdu–Chongqing urban agglomeration under complex terrain

Si Chen, Zhenghui Xie, Jinbo Xie, Bin Liu, Binghao Jia, Peihua Qin, Longhuan Wang, Yan Wang, and Ruichao Li

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This study discusses the changes in the summer thermal environment in the Chengdu–Chongqing urban agglomeration due to urban expansion in complex terrain conditions in the recent 40 years, using high-resolution simulations with the WRF model. We quantify the influence of a single urban expansion factor and a single complex terrain factor on the urban thermal environment. Under the joint influence of complex terrain and urban expansion, the heat island effect caused by urbanization was enhanced.
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